Man denies harassing former Health Secretary Matt Hancock on London Underground

A man has appeared in court to deny harassing former Health Secretary Matt Hancock on the London Underground earlier this year.

61-year-old Geza Tarjanyi from Leyland pleaded not guilty to a charge of harassment at Westminster Magistrates Court.

Mr Tarjanyi will face a trial at the same court on June 8.

He was arrested after the incident at Westminster Station on January 25, which continued onto a tube train.

Mr Hancock, 44, was health secretary when the coronavirus pandemic struck and was a key figure in the lockdown restrictions and vaccine rollout that followed.

He resigned after leaked CCTV image showed him kissing an adviser in his office, in breach of his own social distancing guidance.

Mr Hancock angered colleagues and constituents in West Suffolk by jetting to the Australian jungle to appear on the reality show but won some sympathy from TV voters to come third.

Having been stripped of the Conservative whip over the appearance, he said he would not contest his seat at the next election when he will step down.

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